On Monday November 21st, several employees of NYK Line located at 377 East Butterfield Road in Lombard delivered 770 non-perishable food items to York Township Hall to help stock York Township Food Pantry shelves for Thanksgiving.The food items were collected during NYK's Second Annual Food Wars competition which ran from October 17 through November 17. NYK's Phyllis C. Terrill gave us a synopsis of what took place among NYK's departments in the office, "In 4th Place was Ro-Ro/Sales with 91 items collected, in 3rd Place was Rail/DI/EQC/Truck with 191 items collected, 2nd Place was North/South Ops, with 233 items collected and the department that collected the most items was CSVC/NBSA, collecting 255 of the 770 total items donated."York Township Supervisor John W. Valle said, "On behalf of the citizens of York Township, especially those who benefit from our food pantry services I want to express our gratitude to NYK Line for their generous support and ongoing efforts to improve the quality of life in our community."

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